[aras-image:3Ha.042,,10,,,Figure 14 Hercules wrestling with river god.]

[aras-image:5Ek.582,,10,,,Figure 15 St. George killing the dragon.]

Blake is clearly non-Western in this point of view since the more traditional western attitude is illustrated in an early Greek piece found at Cevetri dating from 500 BC showing Hercules battling the serpent, or by St. George killing the dragon.